A Mending Shift

a bird sings, not because if has an answer to give, but because it has a song to sing … this is my song

Ride Daddy’s Jeep

| April 9, 2008

Share Spring time is here. That means one thing—my top comes off. See, as a Jeep owner, the months of September through March carry with them a shadowy depression because the weather forces the sane person to keep their Jeep top on. But then Spring arrives. The top comes off and the whole world seems [...]

Caravaggio’s Supper at Emmaus: Meditate, Compare, Contrast

| November 3, 2007

SharePainted in 1601 at age 28 Painted in 1606 at age 33 Above are two paintings by the same artist, Caravaggio, of the same theme, Supper at Emmaus, but painted in two different seasons of Caravaggio’s life. These paintings are based on Luke 24 when two disciples come to recognize Jesus, resurrected, during a meal. [...]

Lord’s Supper for Sinners?

| October 13, 2007

ShareJesus was labeled a glutton and drunk because of the table-time he spent sharing meals with “sinners”: those not accepted by the religious people of his day. He practiced this unacceptable habit of sinner-meal-sharing with regularity. Based on His expressed heart and the example he left us, I have a hard time picturing him turning [...]